Robert "Bob" J. Gunther

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Al Baker	"Cherchez La Femme." (Find the woman.)	using stand with three cases with holes onto it	Variations Another Here, There and Everywhere (Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1950) Also published here Cherchez la Femme (Al Baker, 2003)	1938	Greater Magic	512	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Paul Fleming (reviewer)	Call the Witness	by Robert "Bob" J. Gunther (written by Sid Fleischman)		1944	The Paul Fleming Book Reviews — Volume I	64	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	The Impromptu Floating Card	card floats over palm up hands	Variations Contacting The Spirits (Karl Fulves, 1979)	1945	My Best	63	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Floatation
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Dark Thoughts	thoughts on the center tear, reading the piece in the dark		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	4	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test Dark Room Effects
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Impromptu Twentieth Century Silks	on a tray		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	4	Silk & Handkerchief / Traveling / Twentieth Century Silks
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Eggs from Handkerchief	not string method, several eggs		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	5	Silk & Handkerchief / Production & Appearance / Of Other Objects Egg / Production & Appearance / Props
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Another Here, There and Everywhere	using Baker's Cherchez la Femme stand	Inspired by "Cherchez La Femme." (Find the woman.) (Al Baker, 1938)	1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Tip for Anti Gravico	lighted match, hydrostatic bottle		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	6	Liquid / Hydrostatic Glass Bottle / Miscellaneous
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	A House of Cards	presentation for the Doll House		1950	Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)	6	Illusions / Appearance & Production / Person
Don Nielsen	Problem in Prophecy	three different colored cups, and three different colored balls, matching, posed as problem, see p. 426 & 428 for comments and ideas	Inspired by Infallible Prediction (U. F. Grant, 1965) Related to Infallible Prediction Variation (Karl Fulves, 1965) Cups & Coins (Robert Parrish, 1974) Variations On Nielson's "Problem in Prophecy" (Stewart James, Don Nielson, 1965) On Nielson's "Problem in Prophecy" (Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, Don Nielson, 1966) On Nielson's "Problem in Prophecy" (Robert Parrish, 1966) Nielsen's Problem (Milton Kort, 1972)	July 1965	The New Phoenix (Issue 397)	416	Cup / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, Don Nielson	On Nielson's "Problem in Prophecy"	using sponge balls	Inspired by Problem in Prophecy (Don Nielsen, 1965)	Feb. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 4)	20	Spongeball / Routines Mental Magic / Effects / Prediction / Miscellaneous
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, Sid Lorraine, Victor Marsh, Gari Diringer, John Hudak, George McLean	Etcetera			Feb. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 4)	20	Articles / Letters
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, Bob Hemple, The Amazing Maurice	Etcetera	bullet catching by Roland Hill		Oct. 1966	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 12)	61	Articles / Letters
Will De Sieve	Clippo	Cut and restored newspaper strip	Variations Clippo Routines (Edward Marlo, 1968) Clippo Repeat (Bert Douglas, 1968) Fish Clippo (George McAthy, 1968) Shoe That Didn't Fit (Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1968)	1968	Newspaper Magic	95	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Shoe That Didn't Fit	Clippo routine with shoe cutout	Inspired by Clippo (Will De Sieve, 1968)	1968	Newspaper Magic	101	Newspaper / Torn & Restored
Aldini, Joe Berg, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Supremonition	Freely named card is found vanished from the deck, Joker then changes into selection, partial rough-smooth	Related to J. Z. - Premonition (Jochen Zmeck, 1981)	1969	Roughingly Yours	46	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Dark Side of the Room	living and dead test, one piece of paper, handling for Center Tear, apparently in the dark	Variations Astro-Sphere / The Perfect Circle (Frederick M. Shields, 1970)	1970	Magick (Issue 2)	9	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Living and Dead Test
Frederick M. Shields	Astro-Sphere / The Perfect Circle	instead of Living and Dead Test zodiac divination	Inspired by Dark Side of the Room (Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1970)	1970	Magick (Issue 3)	14	Paper / Center Tear Mental Magic / Effects / Divination
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Call Me Anytime	long-distance call, force		1970	Magick (Issue 8)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Ghost Ring	under handkerchief, duplicate		1970	Magick (Issue 12)	59	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	The Diabolo Bill!	signed bill is burnt and appears in sealed tube		1971	Magick (Issue 31)	151	Bill / Traveling / Impossible Location / Miscellaneous Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip Bill / Bill Tube
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Repeat Card to Wallet	wallet with large window and double stick tape	Variations Die Karten in der Brieftasche ("Joro" Bruno Hennig, 1993)	1972	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7	73	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Murder Mystery with Cards			1972	The Living End	127	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards!	similar to Ambitious Riser	Related to Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 1975) A Tip on the Secret of the High Rise (Edward Marlo, 1980)	1973	Magick (Issue 74)	369	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Fred Robinson	Ambitious Riser		Related to Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards! (Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1973) Variations Arise Comrades (Eric Mason, 1975) Raise Rise (Ray Kosby, 1987) Also published here Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 2010) Ambitious Riser (Fred Robinson, 2021)	Apr. 1975	Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)	92	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	'Test' Conditions	number on poker chip is divined, in rattle box		1975	Magick (Issue 131)	652	Chip / Miscellaneous Mental Magic / Effects / Divination Box
Karl Fulves	Contacting The Spirits	top card on small packet floats up, using card with hole in center	Inspired by The Impromptu Floating Card (Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1945) Related to Super Floating Card (Jerry Andrus, Derek Dingle, 1982) Informant (Karl Fulves, 1996)	1979	The Topological False Count	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Floatation Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Holes or sections missing
Edward Marlo	A Tip on the Secret of the High Rise	general technique credited to Chuan reference here	Related to Tan Hock Chuan's ABC Rising Cards! (Tan Hock Chuan, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1973)	1980	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4	244	Cards / Sleights / Pinky Rise & Co
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Der Telephonschocker!	person called during performance, spectator hears performer's voice naming the selection		June 1981	Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)	78	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / Medium at the Other end
Jochen Zmeck	J. Z. - Premonition	named card vanishes, is then removed from pocket, partial rough-smooth	Related to Supremonition (Aldini, Joe Berg, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1969)	1981	Das Jochen Zmeck Seminar "81"	8	Cards / Principles / Card Index Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Premonition & Named Vanish Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Rough and Smooth Decks / Miscellaneous
Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	Repeat Card to Wallet	large hole		1991	Card to Wallet	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
"Joro" Bruno Hennig	Die Karten in der Brieftasche	using two signed cards	Inspired by Repeat Card to Wallet (Robert "Bob" J. Gunther, 1972)	1993	Das Joro-Buch	141	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Sid Fleischman, Robert "Bob" J. Gunther	The Baking Powder Can	stealing an egg from baking powder can	Related to Top Secrets, Fleischman and Gunther, 1947, p. 13	2002	The Encyclopedia of Egg Magic	31	Egg / Production & Appearance / Props

33 entries for Robert "Bob" J. Gunther